Tree Testing with Lookback
What is it? Tree Testing helps UX researchers and designers understand how users navigate their web and app layouts by introducing the user to simple text versions of a site without any design. By…
Why online meetings are better in VR
About two years ago, we ordered a handful of Oculus Rifts for some of our remote team, to try to up our remote collaboration. Turns out meeting in VR isn’t just more immersive and…
Using Lookback for Diary Studies
If you want to conduct research of a user’s experience of your app or product over an extended period of time, versus a one-time session, then a diary study is the right method for…
Added notifications for improved collaboration
If you’re leading a remote moderated Live session, it can be tough to balance between the participant’s test, note making and collaboration with your colleagues. We’ve released a few new alerts to better notify…
Our New iOS Experience
We are excited to announce a major change to our iOS offering! Last week we introduced a completely new iOS Participate app (version 4.0+) and it was built from scratch. This release takes full…
A year with iPad Pro only? Not so fast
My project was ambitious: work without a laptop or desktop computer for all of 2019. Turns out that while the iPad definitely supercharged me in many ways, it had two major issues that forced…
Early wins & fitting in: How to succeed during career transitions
Guest post: While career transitions give us the opportunity to grow professionally, it’s imperative that we do the right things early on to thrive in the face of change.
How to build remote relationships at scale
With so many interesting people online to build relationships with, I’ve need a way to track them somehow. In this post, I’ll share my best practices, and how I’ve built a better contacts manager with Airtable.
How to be a great remote collaborator
Remote work is getting more popular, and today I’ll expand on the 7 most important areas to make you a better remote collaborator, after 15 years of practice.
4 types of intuition, for product management and beyond
I believe intuition is behind a lot of great products, but we don’t talk about it often. This article helps you categorize, and improve, your intuition.
Whitney Hess: Tech needs more self-empathy to build social justice
To understand tech’s responsibility to respect users’ privacy, we naturally had to turn to Whitney Hess for an interview. Whitney is a wise and thoughtful designer who’s now also a coach, writer and speaker….
Let’s pledge to defend user privacy
There’s now an excellent opportunity to move the tech industry into being privacy-centric. And we believe UX people should lead the charge.